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sometime_o seek_v not_o her_o own_o especial_o where_o love_n must_v be_v lose_v by_o seek_v she_o own_o for_o love_n above_o all_o thing_n seek_v love_n four_o in_o the_o difference_n of_o place_n remember_v the_o community_n of_o nature_n yea_o perchance_o the_o priority_n of_o grace_n so_o shall_v thou_o not_o be_v lift_v up_o in_o thy_o heart_n as_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o place_n above_o man_n of_o thy_o own_o dignity_n by_o creation_n &_o perchance_o better_a than_o thyself_o by_o the_o eminent_a grace_n of_o sanctification_n and_o where_o great_a grace_n sit_v below_o thou_o let_v thy_o love_n and_o courtesy_n acknowledge_v their_o inward_a dignity_n as_o their_o inferiority_n do_v acknowledge_v thy_o outward_a eminence_n for_o as_o i_o tell_v thou_o their_o excellence_n be_v the_o chief_a excellence_n and_o it_o be_v far_o from_o justice_n that_o he_o shall_v respect_v thy_o outward_a worth_n which_o be_v the_o mean_a and_o thou_o shall_v not_o acknowledge_v his_o inward_a 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to_o perish_v by_o it_o while_o thou_o fit_v at_o thy_o wine_n the_o wine_n seem_v to_o thou_o to_o be_v still_o the_o same_o because_o it_o be_v still_o of_o the_o same_o colour_n and_o the_o same_o taste_n and_o take_v out_o of_o the_o same_o vessel_n but_o i_o tell_v thou_o that_o the_o wine_n at_o the_o four_o or_o five_o draught_n be_v not_o the_o same_o that_o it_o be_v at_o the_o first_o or_o second_o the_o wine_n at_o the_o first_o or_o second_o draught_n perchance_o be_v comfortable_a or_o physical_a but_o at_o the_o four_o or_o five_o it_o be_v furious_a and_o unwholesome_a it_o refresh_v thy_o spirit_n at_o first_o but_o it_o destroy_v they_o at_o last_o and_o so_o the_o same_o wine_n which_o be_v at_o first_o thy_o comfort_n be_v at_o last_o thy_o poison_n therefore_o hold_v thy_o hand_n from_o wine_n when_o it_o begin_v to_o be_v poison_n know_v the_o time_n when_o it_o change_v and_o take_v heed_n thou_o keep_v thyself_o on_o this_o side_n of_o the_o change_n on_o this_o 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